Amid Holi celebrations, a video showing a man thrashed inside a restaurant for forcefully colouring a lady is going viral on social media site X(Twitter). Users are fervently sharing this video and claiming that this time even Hindus are not spared.

Sharing this video on X, a user by the name of Tanvir Rangrez wrote: “Forget about Muslims, even Hindus don’t like forced colouring. See if you have applied Kuttapa properly”

Furthermore, other users also shared this video on X and made similar claims

Fact-Check

The DFRAC team investigated this video by converting it into some keyframes and reverse-searched it on Google. We found this video on the Instagram handle of the Great Khali with the caption: “This video is only entertainment purpose..”

Upon investigating further, we discovered that the video shows a ring in the middle of the restaurant which can be seen in the pictures of the restaurant owned by the professional wrestler Khali with the name “Great Khali Dhaba”. Here’s a collage showcasing the similarities.

Conclusion

It is clear from DFRAC’s Fact-Check that the above viral video is for entertainment purposes only. Hence, the claim of social media users is false.

Analysis: Misleading